Court in India says efforts to bar Christians from villages not unconstitutional

Court in India says efforts to bar Christians from villages not unconstitutional

MUMBAI – A petition seeking the removal of billboards from at least eight villages in India’s Chhattisgarh state that prohibit the entry of pastors and “converted Christians” was refused by the state’s High Court. The court said the billboards prevented the forcible conversion by way of allurement or fraudulent means cannot be termed as unconstitutional. On October 28, a division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru r…